I won’t keep this pace up;
I forfeit the highest place
And I won't fret
If I am hurled between
The world of 1 and 3; I mean--
Kismet,
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm?

Were it an earlier day,
With energy to burn, I'd say
That I'd attempt to stay up there
And wrench out more than my fair share.
But nyet!
Naw, naw, naw, naw, naw, naw.

Fallen, yes I have fallen
Because I'm all in. . .
Ain't my domain.

Now I find I groan--
To grind like heck
Is like a stone
Hung 'round my neck;
It's plumb too much each night.
Not so much spurred am I to write--
I'll check.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Fallen, yes I have fallen
Because I'm all in. . .
Becomes a bane.

I've ceded the place,
No need to get into a race,
No tête-a-tête
Nor lure of parity.
So surge, sir uber-parody,
You bet-
cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha.

Fallen, yes I have fallen
Because I'm all in. . .
Becomes a pain.

But--
Callin', my muse is callin',
He screams, "Be scrawlin!"
And Jay's his name.